Dr. Kristina Obom, Director for the Center for Biotechnology Education, speaks about keeping professional current in the field of biotechnology in interview by BioBuzz. BioBuzz is a foundation dedicated to building a more connected biotech workforce in the Maryland region. Sarah Ellinwood interviewed Dr. Obom and the article can be seen here.

Author: Ellen Poltilove Johns Hopkins University is launching a new concentration in Regenerative and Stem Cell Technologies within the Master of Science in Biotechnology. Students will become knowledgeable about areas including regenerative medicine, cell therapy, gene therapy and tissue engineering. The concentration will be offered through the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Advanced Academic Programs. Most read more…

Kristina Obom, Patrick Cummings and one of the Center for Biotechnology Education faculty members Josh Olszewicz had their article published in the Journal of Visualized Experiments, JoVE. Nanopore DNA Sequencing for Metagenomic Soil Analysis. J. Vis. Exp. (130), e55979, doi:10.3791/55979 (2017) Abstract This article describes the steps for construction of a DNA library from soil, preparation read more…

Advanced Academics Programs Master of Biotechnology Enterprise and Entrepreneurship program presented the Nature Biotechnology’s First Rounders podcast. Nature Biotechnology’s First Rounders podcast is a series of conversations with founders, financers and developers from biotech’s past, present and future.

MS in Individualized Genomics and Health Program Director, Dr. Kris Obom, and Center for Biotechnology Education Academic Program Coordinator, Rachael Romano, showcased the new Individualized Genomics and Health degree at the American Society of Human Genetics 2017 Annual Conference. The 67th Annual Conference of the American Society of Human Genetics was be held in Orlando, Florida, read more…

Our recent graduate in the MS Regulatory Science program, Gregory Ramina, published his practicum term paper, Regulation and Oversight of Gene Therapy in the US, in RAPS Regulatory Focus. Gregory’s article discusses the evolution, potential uses and regulatory aspects of gene therapy and includes funding, delivery mechanisms, bioethics and steps toward clinical trial implementation. Several more of read more…

Two AAP MS in Regulatory Science students Wenny Du and Adria Tyndall and their instructor Christopher Breder are published in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery! Let’s congratulate them on their contribution. Regulatory watch: The target product profile as a tool for regulatory communication: advantageous but underused

The panelists noted that although the number of women earning undergraduate degrees in the sciences is rising steadily, their trajectory to senior positions hasn’t followed suit. “For leadership positions, the numbers for women at the top is woefully low,” said Lynn Johnson Langer, Director of Regulatory Science and Enterprise Programs for JHU’s Advanced Academic Programs. Read more read more…